Hollywood voted, and these are the Greatest TV Shows of All Time

Time to rediscover the classics

It may be the biggest TV show of all time, but Hollywood still doesn’t think that Game Of Thrones qualifies as the greatest.

Rolling Stone have revealed their ranking of the game-changing small-screen classics, crafting the list from a major poll given to actors, writers, producers, critics and show-runners, with legends like Garry Marshall sending his ballot shortly before his death this summer.

The criteria was quite fluid with all shows from all eras eligible — from ’80s sitcom Cheers to current fan favourite Game Of Thrones — and voters being able to vote for whatever they felt passionate about, from the black-and-white rabbit-ears years to the binge-watching peak-TV era.

The final list includes vintage classics and new favourites, ambitious psychodramas and stoner comedies, underrated cult gems ripe for rediscovery, cops and cartoons and vampire slayers. See the top 20 below: